Effects of 8-months yoga training on shaping the spine in people over 55

Małgorzata Grabara

doi:10.2478/bhk-2013-0009

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Effects of 8-months yoga training on shaping the spine in people over 55

Biomedical Human Kinetics

Volume 5 (2013): Issue 1 (January 2013)

By: Małgorzata Grabara

Open Access

|Nov 2013

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